"the only evidence that? these things happened comes from these witnesses."

Use your head, that IS evidence. When somebody performs a scientific experiment, more and more people test it until we can see that the results are the same. The same thing happened with the Bible. There are 66 BOOKS in the Bible. That's 66 DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS THAT IT'S TRUE. Why do you trust a scientific experiment when many scientists claim it's true, but you don't trust that the 66 books of the Bible are accurate?

There seems to be this idea that is universal across all fundie minds, the fact that something is written down is evidence that it's true. I guess that's why its so easy to convince them of nonsence, all you need is something that does not directly contradict what they already believe, written down or spoken in an authoratative sounding way.

66 different accounts of what, exactly? Revelation describes something far different from Genesis. And endless geneologies of so & so begat so & so, who begat so & so don't really give an account of anything other than someone's family tree.

You forget that science is replicable. That's what makes them different; the Bible is made of 66 accounts of (inconsistent) stories that are physically implausible and impossible to test and verify. Experiments are made to be tried and retried.

... and when two accounts differ wildly, then more people need to repeat the experiment with stricter controls. I'll trust the un-supernatural parts of the Bible when you repeat human history in front of my eyes.

Because those "66 different accounts" don't always agree with each other, and there's no way to decide which is correct? Because there's not way to decide if any of them are correct? A scientific experiment is not equivalent to a static ancient document.

When someone publishes a scientific paper in a journal, I can read it, evaluate the claims logically and in the light of other science I already know and decide whether it might be true. Also, that document lays out what was done so I may repeat the study/experiment for myself.

Can I do this with the bible? If I try to bring in outside evidence that contradicts what it says I'm told "you can only interpret scripture with other scripture" and "it's the inerrant word of God". If my evidence agreed with the bible it would be welcome. That's not how science works; all evidence for or against a claim is welcome.

"Why do you trust a scientific experiment when many scientists claim it's true, but you don't trust that the 66 books of the Bible are accurate?"

1) Scientific experiments match observable reality. Most of it I could observe for myself if I were so inclined and had access to the appropriate equipment. Your Bible neither matches what I've observed of reality nor can I view any of the events myself. There also appears to be zero evidence that any of the more outlandish events ever happened.

2) Your 66 books present no evidence of any kind. They rely on speculation, conjecture, guesswork, fantasy, wishful thinking, subjective experiences and anecdotal "evidence". To add to that, they often contradict one another on the most basic "facts" they present.

Scientists, on the other hand, carefully record their data, how they obtained their data, how to replicate the events that produced that data and they ensure that the data was obtained in the most objective, empirical manner possible. Given the proper resources anyone that wishes to do so can replicate the experiment and, if the hypothesis/theory is valid, will obtain the same results. The same cannot be said of your 66 books.

We're not even talking all of the books having the same purpose. Some are exhortations to social justice (e.g. Amos, Micah); some are compilations of ancestral wisdom (Proverbs); some are, depending on your viewpoint, teachings, history, or propaganda (Genesis, Judges, Parapolimenon); etc.

Besides, think about what you're saying. Job is primarily an account of its own truth, before any of the other books were written? You may want to rethink this one...

Except each of those 66 accounts says something different from what the other 65 accounts say. They aren't 66 accounts of the same thing, they're 66 parts of a greater whole. Furthermore, several authors wrote multiple books.